At 22, buys & customizes lofted home in Pocket Neighborhood on a budget

March 24, 2024 john 22 39019 18:33

Christian Curry was the first of his friends to buy a home. At just 22, he bought a 600-square-foot starter home within biking distance of downtown Tempe (Arizona). His is one of 13 “humble homes” that make up Tempe Micro Estates, developed to help address the lack of affordable housing in this college town. Priced…

Retired transit drivers convert an old bus into their home!

March 8, 2024 john 23 77345 15:58

After retiring from a lifelong career working as transit drivers, Doug and Mindy decided to live in a transit coach bus! They purchased an old bus at an auction, and they converted the coach bus themselves. It’s completely off-grid, with an impressive amount of solar on the roof. In this episode, they take us on…

Turns empty lot into Pocket Neighborhood of 4 shotgun houses

February 4, 2024 john 20 259866 23:15

Just outside the historic downtown of Waco, Texas (Dr Pepper was founded here in 1885) you normally find small bungalows drowned by large lots, but Cameron Bell has squeezed four narrow houses onto his quarter acre, creating a pocket hood of unique homes (shotgun house and dogtrot house included). It all started when Cameron Bell…